families

It is highly debatable whether conditions have improved for low-income families.

低收入家庭的生活状况是否已得到改善是一个颇有争议的问题。

Families with children spend proportionally less per person than families without children.

有子女家庭比无子女家庭的人均开销相对地少。

poverty-stricken families

贫困家庭

Ministers should be more attentive to the needs of families.

部长们应该更关怀家庭的需要。

The proportion of single parent families varies between different income groups.

单亲家庭比例在不同收入群中各不相同。

Fatness tends to run in families.

肥胖往往有遗传性。

One hundred have already been placed with foster families.

有一百名已经获安排领养。

We aim to help the poorest families.

我们的目标是接济最贫困的家庭。

She has kept in close contact with the victims' families.

她与受害者的家人一直保持着密切的联系。

Families will be better off under the new law.

新法律会使家庭经济宽裕一些。

They consider the plan to be of dubious benefit to most families.

他们认为这项计划对大多数家庭不一定有好处。

Families were strolling around the park.

游人一家一家地在公园四处漫步。

Priority cases, such as homeless families, get dealt with first.

优先事项，比如无住房家庭的问题，得到优先处理。

There is a tendency for this disease to run in families.

这种疾病易在家族里遗传。

Relations between the two families are strained.

两家关系紧张。

The hotel offers excellent facilities for families.

本旅馆提供优良的家庭服务设施。

It is easy for families to run out of money before the weekly giro arrives.

每周直接转账救济支票还未到钱便花光的情况许多家庭都容易出现。

The area contains a disproportionate number of young middle-class families.

此地年轻的中产阶级家庭特别多。

Families are limited to four free tickets each.

每户限发四张免费票。

Many families are living below the level of subsistence.

许多家庭难以度日。

children from dysfunctional families

有缺陷家庭的子女

We provide help to families in crisis situations.

我们对处于困境的家庭提供帮助。

Many divorced men remarry and have second families.

许多离婚的男子再婚组成了新的家庭。

Poor families spend about 80 to 90 per cent of their income on food.

贫困家庭大约花费收入的80%到90%购买食物。

Some families lost everything in the flood.

有一些家庭的财产在洪水中损失得精光。

Historically, there has always been a great deal of rivalry between the two families.

这两个家族世世代代对立斗争。

Families want the right to refuse life support.

病人亲属要求有权拒绝使用机器维持生命。

Our immediate concern is to help the families of those who died.

我们的当务之急是帮助那些死者的亲属。

families threatened with repossession

受到房子将被收回威胁的家庭

Some families go without medical treatment because of their inability to pay.

有些家庭因无力支付医疗费用而得不到医治。